A/N I can see from some of the reviews that you don't understand where I'm going with the story. I promise I do have an end game for the story it is just taking me awhile to get the characters where I need them to be. As I said before, this is my first attempt at writing a fanfic or anything really so I'm learning, please bare with me and leave any helpful criticisms to help me along. Thanks again for reading.

Lauren

Somewhere in Johannesburg, South Africa…

Well, tonight is the night of the fight. Hopefully everything will go smoothly and I can be back home in a few days. I wonder how Bo's date went. I'm surprised that she hasn't at least text me about it, maybe she is still pissed. She just doesn't realize how hard it is for me to see her with someone else but it is for her own sake. Luckily one of my powers as a vampire is that I can usually control my emotions very well. I can usually just shut off all emotions, except when it comes to her. I don't know why but I just can't seem to cut off the love I have for her. I just have to work extra hard on controlling the emotions I have when I'm around her. Get it together, Lauren, you need to focus on tonight's mission.

I walk into the warehouse we are using for a home base and everyone is already there waiting on me to give the briefing. I say hello and start in on the plan for tonight. I will have three guys and me working as security. There will be one guy posted at each of the three exists and I will be a roamer. The rest of the team will be outside waiting for my signal to breach. The goal here is to keep anyone from leaving while we arrest the owners of the fighters and the ones holding the fights. If we can do this it would go a long way in shutting down the fight circuit. I look at everyone and say, "Does everyone understand what you are supposed to do?" Everyone nods an affirmative. "Ok, then go suit up!"

I walk away to head to get dressed for the op. We need to leave in the next hour to report for our security detail at the fight venue. As I walk to where my gear is stored, I shoot off a quick text to Bo. For some reason, I just have to know how the date went.

Me: Hey, how did your date go? It takes her about fifteen minutes to reply which isn't like her. She normally replies right away.

Bo: It was good. Sorry it took so long to reply I was still sleeping.

Me: It's like three in the afternoon your time. Why are you still sleeping? Are you getting sick?

Bo: No doc, I'm not getting sick. We went into Vegas last night and I didn't get in until around six this morning. Why do you care anyway?

Me: You did what? Does Dyson know about this?

Bo: Yes, he knows. I ask before I went. It's no big deal, I had never been and Tamsin and Jay had the idea so we all went and grabbed dinner and walked around. Again, why do you care?

Me: Bo, I care because I can't lose you again. I have just found you!

Bo: Look doc, you confuse me beyond anything in this world. You are the one who made me go on the date with Jessie even after you knew how I felt about you.

Me: I know Bo, but that doesn't mean I don't care. I do and I need you to understand that I will always care about you it's just not right for us to be anything other than friends right now.

Bo: Look doc, I think I understand better now after talking to Jay and Tamsin. I am going to continue seeing Dr. Hall, even though the thought of you and her makes me sick. Before you say anything I know, the timing isn't right for us and maybe never will be. However, I still need you in my life. I miss having you around even if it is as friends so please be safe and come home soon.

Me: I'm glad you have friends that can help you talk things out. You need to be around people your own age so that you can learn from them what you missed being a slave. You are learning quickly how make friends that you can trust. I'm proud of you and I will always be around when you need me.

Bo: Thanks, doc. I'm sorry if I acted like a baby the last time you were here, I was just confused about the night we had spent together and why you were pushing me away. Like I said after talking to Jay, he helped me understand some of the emotions I was having. Oh, just so you know I really had a good time with Jessie and I am planning on seeing her again today. So thanks for making me go on a date with her.

Me: Bo, you didn't tell Jay about us did you?

Bo: No, I told you I wouldn't tell anyone and I won't but I don't regret it.

Me: Neither do I, even though I should have said no because of all the confusion it has caused you.

Bo: Don't worry about it doc, everything is working itself out. We are good right?

Me: Yes, we are good. Ok I've got to go, the fight is in about two hours so I need to get to work.

Bo: Please be safe and skype me when the mission is complete so that I know you are alright.

Me: Will do, have fun today with Jess.

I'm not sure what to make of the conversation but I feel better about the direction our relationship is going, even though it's going to be tough for me to keep her in the friend zone it has to be done. I cannot have another relapse and confuse her anymore. The next time anything physical happens between us it has to be because the timing is right! Now, no more thoughts of Bo only the mission.

Bo

Well, I wake up to the phone vibrating on the bedside table. To my surprise it was a text from the doc and not a call from Jessie. I spend the next fifteen minutes texting back and forth with her. It was a weird conversation but in the end, we agreed to just be friends which is a little strange because other than the one night, that is all we have been. I understand better now why this is best, after making some friends and talking with them, I realize that maybe part of the reason I have such strong feelings for her is that she rescued me and also knew my parents. Anyway, I have decided to see where things go with Jessie and go from there. Besides, even though the doc looks young she has to be old enough to be my mom and when you think about it like that it's kind of gross.

Lauren

Somewhere in Johannesburg, South Africa…

My team and I arrive at the venue where the fight will take place around six. The fight is scheduled to start around eight, we walked the venue looking for possible exits that would need to be covered by the rest of the team. We also tried to secure the best we could the locker rooms and warm up rooms so that when the smoke and flash bangs go off no one could escape through them.

At seven thirty, my guys were in their positions by the main exits. I was walking through the crowd trying to locate as many owners as I could. If I could find their location before the fights were underway, then I would have a general idea of where they would be when the shit hit the fan. Usually, all of the owners sat in one general location to keep them away from the general crowd. As I walked around, I was especially keeping an eye out for Malachi. No one had really seen or heard from him since I rescued Bo, but there were rumors that he was still around just lurking in the shadows.

Once the fights were underway, I made my way down to the ring so that I could keep an eye on the section where the owners were. There were about ten of them in attendance tonight, I recognized a few but didn't see any signs of Malachi. After the second fight was underway, I figured that most everyone that was coming tonight were already here so we needed to get ready. I radioed my team and told them at the end of this fight I would throw out a smoke grenade into the ring and a flash bang up into the stands where the owners were sitting. The guys on the outside were to breach once they heard the flash bang.

As I waited for the fight to finish, I put in some ear plugs so that the flash bang wouldn't affect me. The fight ended, I pulled a bandana over my face to help with the smoke grenade I was about to throw. I threw the smoke grenade into the ring then seconds later the flash bang, all hell broke loose. I took a second to look around to make sure my men were covering the exits, then I headed to the owners section. I used my vampire speed to handcuff as many as possible while they were confused from the flash bang.

I was able to handcuff three of them and zip tie a couple more, but I didn't think the zip ties would hold them if they were also vampires. I was right, as I handed off the prisoners to my men at the door all of the zip tied ones broke loose with their strength. As soon as they were free, they disappeared with their speed. I went after them but somehow they disappeared, however I did find the fight promoter in his office trying to destroy paperwork.

Once we calmed down all the spectators, we walked them out to awaiting buses to be taken for questioning. The owners and the promoter were taken back to the warehouse for questioning. We also found twenty fighters in the locker rooms which we also had taken to the warehouse for questioning and treatment. Once we had the place secure and all of the people out, the forensic guys came in to process the building and try and figure out how the owners were able to get out of the building without going past any of my men at the exits.

The next few hours were spent getting everyone processed, which basically meant getting everyone's names except the fighters we also had to try and find out where they were from and how they ended up fighting. As I walked around overseeing the processing and questioning, I recognized one of the fighters. She was the one that Bo was fighting when I rescued her. I went up to where she was being questioned, she was just sitting there staring off into space. She wasn't answering the questions she was asked. That is when I remembered Bo said she thought she was on some sort of drug so I had a medic come and check her out. The medic didn't know what drug exactly but hooked her up to an IV to flush it out of her system. They also drew some blood to be sent to the lab to try and figure out exactly what kind of drug it was.

After a couple of hours, we had as much information on each fighter as they could give us. Some of them were taken at such a young age that they didn't remember anything before becoming involved with the fights. It was going to be hard to find out where some of the kids came from and if they had any family to go back to. When I went back to check on Cassidy, she was more lucid. The IV had done its job and flushed the drug out of her system. I decided to take her into a room and question her myself.

Once in the room, I started recording the questioning. I first asked her if she remembered anything that had happened in the last couple of hours. She said the last thing she remembered was arriving at the venue and going back to the locker room where her trainer always gives her a prefight smoothie while he tapes her hands, next thing she remembers is being here. I asked her if she knew what was in the smoothie and she didn't. All she knew was that the trainer told her it was a vitamin mix that helped keep her strong and focused.

I thought to myself, I bet that is how they give the fighters the drug by mixing it in a prefight drink. The fighters will not question anything their trainers give them for fear of being punished. Next I asked her if she remembered her full name, where she was from and how she came to be a fighter. She told me that her name was Cassidy Mendez and she was from Blue Springs, Nevada. She also said when she was twelve that her dad came to get her from school one day and said they were going on a trip. When she asked him where too and why her mom wasn't coming, he told her it was their secret trip and it was a surprise. The next thing she remembered was waking up on a plane with a bunch of strangers who told her she was going to some exclusive camp and that was about five years ago. The thing I couldn't figure out was why any parent would give their kid to someone like these people not knowing what would happen to them. I need to call Bo and let her know I'm ok and see if she knows anything about Cassidy being from Blue Springs.

Bo

Since I'm up I text Jessie to see if she's up. She is so we agree to meet at the diner down the street for a late lunch. We spend the day hanging out at the park and just getting to know one another better. Then we decide to go shopping for school cloths and stuff. I mean after all I did make five grand last night and besides school starts week after next and I have no idea what I need. I get a notification of a skype call during dinner. I look at Jessie and tell her I need to take the call and answer it. "Hey doc, are you ok?"

"Yes, I'm ok."

"Thanks goodness, I was worried. How did the mission go?"

"It could have been better but it wasn't too bad. We weren't able to capture everyone but we did manage to get the promoter of the fights and three of the owners, one of which is the one that is using the drug that Cassidy was on when you fought her."

"That's great doc."

"Yeah it is only problem is that it is going to take a while to process and question everyone we rounded up so I won't be back for a couple more weeks."

"No problem, I will continue to watch your house and car for you," I say laughing.

"Oh and one more thing Bo, we were able to rescue about twenty fighters from all over the world."

"That's amazing, doc."

"Yep and one of them was Cassidy, turns out she is from Blue Springs so I will be bringing her home with me when I come."

"That's great, Tamsin had told me she recognized her name when I was telling her what I remembered about my past."

"Well, I have to go. See you soon Bo."

"Be safe doc and come home soon." With that I hung up. Jessie asked a few questions about the conversation and then we finished dinner. We spend next two days together just hanging out.

I spent the next week training Dean in the morning and spending most evenings with Jessie. We did hang out with Jay and Tamsin some as well. Wednesday I went to my appointment with Dr. Hall. It went pretty well. We talked some about what she had learned from Dyson and Lauren and also worked on some breathing exercises to use when I felt like the monster wanted out.

On Thursday, I received a text from the guy at the fights saying that they were holding another tournament this weekend and the payout this time would be eight grand. Man, add eight grand to the three I had left from last week and I could buy a car but how will I explain to D how I had the money to buy a car.

I immediately called Dean to see if he received the same text and also to ask him how he explains the money to his parents. "Yo! What's up Bo?" He answered my call.

"Hey did you receive a text about the tournament this weekend?"

"Yeah, I just got it a few minutes ago. Are you going?"

"I was thinking about it. Hey how do you explain to your parents where you get all the money?"

He laughs, "Well I don't tell them about all of it but back when I started fighting and winning I told them that I got a job at one of the hotels as a valet attendant."

"And that worked?"

"It has so far. I just tell them that I work Friday and Saturday nights and not to expect me home until early in the mornings. On the weekends I don't fight I just hang out with friends and come in around the time I would if I was fighting."

"Awesome, I think I will use that on my brother and aunt. See if they buy it. Hey can I catch a ride down with you on Saturday if Jessie doesn't want to go?"

"Sure, no problem. You want to hang out Friday night and talk strategy or something. I'm supposed to be working."

"Sure, we are all getting together around seven for dinner and then going back to the doc's house to hang out."

"Cool, Bo. I will see you tomorrow."

"Bye, Dean." Cool now all I have to do is tell Dyson when I get back on Sunday morning that I found a job in Vegas working Friday and Saturday nights.